Sports - Topics from May, 2013

The Pike County Pirates football team held a controlled scrimmage last week to evaluate the team for the upcoming 2013 season. Key returners for the Pirates on offense will be seniors Tyler Gregory and Artez “Deuce” Oglesby.
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Members of the Pike County High School track team competed at the State Track Meet recently in Jefferson. The team was coached by Zachary Nauck and Lisa McGurl. Two track team members qualified for the state competition.
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The Pike County junior varsity Lady Pirates soccer team completed their undefeated season with a 3-0 win over Lamar County. The Lady Pirates began their season with a tie against Harris County then went on to win the next nine games to finish out the season 9-0-1.
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The Pirates lost the first game against St. Pius in the Elite 8 playoffs, but came back in the second game against St. Pius, to win 4-1 in the 12th inning. The Pirates also fell to St. Pius 8-1 in the last game of the series Wednesday.

5th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

6th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

7th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

8th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

9th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

10th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

The Pike Pirates baseball team will play a doubleheader today, Tuesday, against St. Pius in the Elite 8 Baseball AAA State Playoffs. Game one will start at 4:30 p.m. and game two will start at 7 p.m. in Zebulon. Scoring from the game will be updated online at the end of each inning by the Pike County Journal Reporter and Greg Parrott.

Pike County High School Pirates showed support for fellow student Brent Beshers who died after a strong battle with leukemia. He passed away April 30. He was a sophomore at PCHS and was a Pirates football player.

The Pirates have made it to round two of the playoffs. The round two opponent has yet to be determined as Appling County and Central Carroll has yet to play due to rains over the weekend. The next game day is scheduled to be on Wednesday, May 8. That is apt to change depending on the GHSA to re-schedule games. The second round will be in Pike County regardless of the outcome between Appling and Central Carroll.
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